PS4 Sells 322k Units In Japan (2 Days)

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vivster said:

Dulfite said:

It's interesting to note here that the Wii U sold 308k or so in it's opening 2 days in Japan (and it had the joy of Christmas competition). Ps4 had nothing else new and exciting released to compete with and no amazing deals for other devices to compete with and still sold just a little better than the Wii U did in it's opening 2 days. I'm seriously starting to wonder if Japan really IS turning into a smartphone/handheld only country...

You are missing 3 big points here.

1. The WiiU didn't have a de facto competition. It was the very first 8th gen console and had all the hype with it from E3.

2. Nintendo has a big kids demographic. Just guess which time around they all get presents.

3. People buy A LOT more around christmas time than in late february.

In light of that the PS4 is already much more popular than the WiiU

I'm not sure if any of those things, well maybe point #1 would, have a big impact on first-day sales. The people getting these consoles at launch aren't the kids; they're the hardcore gamers and they don't really care when something's released, whether it's a Nintendo console or a PlayStation one.

Not that I necessarily agreed with the premise of Dulfite's post though. Of course you could argue that most of those hardcore gamers in Nintendo's case are kids (like young teenagers that know what's up in the world) that need their parent's money, in which case chistmas would indeed help.